Improving Health Equity With Data
This episode highlights how the current equity efforts can integrate with established performance management practices.
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Strengthening Risk-Appropriate Care in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
This ASTHOBrief addresses the importance of developing robust, culturally competent risk-appropriate care systems for American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Former Rhode Island Health Director Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH, Joins ASTHO as Senior Executive Consultant
On July 27, 2022, Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH, joined ASTHO as a senior executive consultant. Alexander-Scott is a former Rhode Island Department of Health Director and former ASTHO President, ...
Communicating Through Crises: Advice from a Public Health Leader
Accurate and timely communication from health officials during a public health emergency is critical to ensure people can reduce their risk of illness or death. Karen Smith (alumni-CA) talks about ...
Revitalizing Public Health Through Connection
ASTHO’s Senior Leadership Reserve Corps is helping state health officials and their agencies achieve their goals, like the revitalization of Wisconsin’s Public Health Council.
A Q&A with Anne Zink, ASTHO’s New President
ASTHO interviews Anne Zink, MD, as she steps into her role as the association's 80th president.
Leadership Trailblazer Spotlight: Karyl Rattay, Director of the Delaware Division of Public Health
This interview is part of ASTHO’s Leadership Trailblazers series, which shares outstanding public health leaders’ inspirations, motivations, and accomplishments. This post features Karyl Thomas ...
Leadership Trailblazer Spotlight: Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
This interview is part of ASTHO’s Leadership Trailblazers series, which shares outstanding public health leaders’ inspirations, motivations, and accomplishments. This post features Anne Zink, MD, ...
Public Health's Role in Telehealth
In this podcast episode, Scott Harris and Mei Kwong explore the current state of telehealth during COVID-19 and how it’s being used as a tool to access care, spotlighting examples from public health.
Leadership Trailblazer Spotlight: Joneigh Khaldun, Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer of CVS
ASTHO’s Leadership Trailblazers series shares outstanding public health leaders’ inspirations, motivations, and accomplishments. This post features Joneigh S. Khaldun (alumni–MI), Vice President and ...
Building the Public Health Workforce: Considerations for the Future Workforce at Your State Health Department
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of having in-house skills to respond to worldwide public health emergencies. Because of this, the American College of Preventive Medicine recommends ...
Disability and Crisis Standards of Care in the Age of COVID-19
With Omicron surges pushing jurisdictions to activate protocols for providing healthcare during crisis, it is important to incorporate disability inclusion into these crisis standards of care.
Celebrating 80 Years of ASTHO
In honor of ASTHO’s 80th anniversary, a leadership panel—including CEO Michael Fraser, President Anne Zink, Past President Nirav Shah, and Idaho Commissioner of Health Elke Shaw-Tulloch—discusses the ...
Anne Zink, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Alaska Department of Health, Announced as ASTHO’s 80th President
On September 13, 2022, ASTHO announced Anne Zink, MD, Chief Medical Officer for the Alaska Department of Health, as the association's 80th president.
Public Health and the Courtroom: How Health Officials Become Involved With Lawsuits
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As leaders of their state agency, state and territorial health officials can be named parties in lawsuits alleging that an action taken by a public health agency was unlawful. These officials are ...
In Case You Missed It: 10 Headlines from ASTHO’s Public Health TechXpo
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A quick rundown of sessions and speakers at the 2022 ASTHO Public Health TechXpo.
Older Adults and Healthy Aging
In this podcast episode, experts offer perspectives on the value of cultivating partnerships between state public health agencies and state units on aging. In addition, officials from Georgia ...
Health Equity, Minority Health & COVID-19: A Conversation With Paula Tran and Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge
In this video Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge and Paula Tran discuss topics ranging from from community engagement to COVID-19 boosters and implementing health equity strategies within the Wisconsin ...
Ebola Preparedness - Lessons Learned from 2014
On this episode: public health on alert as the Ebola outbreak expands in Uganda; and David Lakey, MD (alumni-TX) tells us about lessons from 2014 when the Ebola virus made its way to Dallas, Texas.
The Future of Food Safety Inspections
On this episode of Public Health Review: restaurant inspections go online in South Carolina, how they're working, and what's next as public health makes changes in response to the ...